mistaking paradise
notes from the home across the road


Monday, March 31, 2003
three months, no posts. ok, i'll mention one thing that's bothering me.

the local paramilitary patriotic thugs were out again this weekend, roaring up and down main street in their oversized trucks with visible guns, huge flags, and their loud in-your-face pro-war messages. i went about my business while ignoring their offensive and intimidating bluster. i think george w. bush is the worst american president in the past 40 years. he doesn't think or speak for the america i believe in. he represents the worst in arrogance and intolerance. his mind boggling welfare scams for the wealthy combined with his cruel ruthlessness towards the poor and his violent and reckless abuse of international laws displays the apalling selfishness of an ill-omened empire that exploits its neighbors, abuses good will and ultimately will fall into precipitous decline unless this destructive course is altered. the america he leads is a clear and present danger to the lives of ordinary honest global citizens. i hope he is a one term president, because this country and the rest of the world can use a break from the unilateralist neighborhood bully that america has become under bush and his crooked, lying, self-serving henchmen. the democrats were right, bush isn't smart enough to be president.

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